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Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

It's the end of another long, hot summer here. I'll be visiting the doctor shortly to have this seasons skin cancers removed- one on the back of my right hand, one on my right wrist, and one on my right cheek bone. There will probably be more. This is the time of year when I always wish I wasn't white JayInOz

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

As long as the worlds humans can interbreed we are all the same 'race'. A subspecies of Homo Erectus which is the next level. There is compelling genetic evidence that modern humans interbred successfully with Neanderthals. and science has so far identified species of early man that may, or may not have had the same capacity. (https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/...existed-earth/).
There are of course cosmetic and physiological differences, evolution is always experimenting. A sister married into a family with the propensity to throw children with 6 fingers and toes, mostly complete with the necessary bone structures. Some groups have a lactose intolerance, some almost no appendix, I and my brother do not get bitten by mosquitos.
The great experiment continues until man does something silly, or a space rock does not miss.

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Add interbreeding with Desnovians in Asia. Neanderthal were Caucasians. Lactose tolerance evolved late, when we started herding cattle. No dairy economy due to the ecology not supporting grazing beasts, no lactose tolerance. Other evolutionary traits continued to change with time, for example brain case shape changed with time, and we are still evolving. The whole idea of race is bollocks, what you are is a result of the lottery of life..

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Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Of course we are still intensely tribal, which it seems to me is being counted as 'race'. Humans self identify as 'race' as and when it seems convenient or politically advantageous and words are a moveable feast, but the zoological definition should apply.
Religion of course is a construct, but blindsides many.

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Originally Posted by skuthorp

Of course we are still intensely tribal, which it seems to me is being counted as 'race'. Humans self identify as 'race' as and when it seems convenient or politically advantageous and words are a moveable feast, but the zoological definition should apply.
Religion of course is a construct, but blindsides many.

So RWW's are an emergent race?
Religion is a natural outcome of tribalism.

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Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Originally Posted by skuthorp

, "I and my brother do not get bitten by mosquitos." .

WADR Sku, you and your brother are getting bitten by mosquitões, but you just don't react to the bites.

same with fleas and bedbugs ...in the situations where they are there, don't think the little buggers don't like your blood but your room mate is covered in red wheals next day, you are getting bitten too, but you just aren't reacting. Thats what my vet says anyway scritch scritch scratch scratch.

It would be interesting to see, if you don't get bitten by mozzies, you could spend some time in a malaria ridden área and not get infected , all other factors being equal

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

We don't even have a consistent way of defining a "race." We use skin color, geographic origin, national origin, and/or language for different races.
Mostly what people mistakenly call race is a culture. Even closer than interbreeding, organ transplants are done across so called racial lines.
Pretty much the only thing race does is define one as a racist if one refers to it

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

My dad always said that people who were cruel, towards animals or other people, were of another race. He stressed kindness in both my sister and I as the norms for our family and I have done the same with my kids, and will with my grandchildren.

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Depending on how you define "race", and how large your samples are, there appear to be statistically significant but small test result variations between groups of people that some have called "races". There is hugely more variation within those groups than there is between them, and the variations may say more about the tests than the subjects. The important thing, I think, is to ensure that small variations in large groups don't lead to harmful discrimination against individuals.

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Originally Posted by jonboy

WADR Sku, you and your brother are getting bitten by mosquitões, but you just don't react to the bites.

same with fleas and bedbugs ...in the situations where they are there, don't think the little buggers don't like your blood but your room mate is covered in red wheals next day, you are getting bitten too, but you just aren't reacting. Thats what my vet says anyway scritch scritch scratch scratch.

It would be interesting to see, if you don't get bitten by mozzies, you could spend some time in a malaria ridden área and not get infected , all other factors being equal

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Originally Posted by Peerie Maa

So RWW's are an emergent race?
Religion is a natural outcome of tribalism.

religion seems to be one of the most important markers of an advanced species, and appears to have great advantages for the individual and larger social groups... advantages, chief of which is communing with the creator of all that is, the creator of evolution.

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

as opposed to say races of horses? Sure. Humans race in cars, trucks, bicycles, motor cycles, airplanes, hot air (see op) balloons, sail boats, power boats, skis (water & snow) and who knows how many other ways - as well as on foot.. while horses race predominantly on foot.

Pretty much the only thing race does is define one as a racist if one refers to it

Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Sure, there are genetic differences (on average) between groups of humans. That's the reason that (on average) somebody from Korea doesn't look like somebody from Botswana, and neither of them look like somebody form Norway. But the differences aren't what the racists of 100 or 150 years ago thought - and neither are the 'races', for that matter. Genetic differences are much more than trivial things like skin color and facial features. There's a lot more genetic diversity among Africans than all the humans of the rest of the planet put together.

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Re: Are there differences between races of humans?

Of course. Pygmies, Kalahari bushmen. Bantu people, Tuaregs, Ethiopians, and Egyptians all live in Africa, and all look different. Not to mention whites, and those in places like Madagascar who have married people from India.